Battlefields & battle sites · South West England
Gallos
Gallos in England South West, United Kingdom.
Chris Gorringe — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Gallos is a registered historic battlefield in England South West, United Kingdom, where a battle was fought in 2015. Britain's battlefields range from the medieval clashes of the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War sieges and the 1745 Jacobite Rising at Culloden — most are open landscapes with interpretive trails and battle-monument markers.
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From the Wikipedia article
Gallos is an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m) bronze sculpture by Rubin Eynon located at Tintagel Castle, a medieval fortification on the peninsula of Tintagel Island adjacent to the village of Tintagel (Trevena), North Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It is a representation of a ghostly male figure wearing a crown and holding a sword. It is popularly called the "King Arthur statue", but the site's owner English Heritage states that it is not meant to represent a single person and reflects the general history of the site, which is likely to have been a summer residence for the kings of Dumnonia.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Tintagel Castle is sited on the north coast of Cornwall, and is operated by English Heritage. The writings of Geoffrey of Monmouth in the 12th century associated the castle with the King Arthur legend, placing it as the home of Arthur's mother Igraine. The castle itself was constructed by Richard, Earl of Cornwall in the 1230s; inspired by the association with Arthur, he had the castle styled to appear older. It was expanded in the Victorian era.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.6688, -4.7637
- Address
- Tintagel Castle
- Established
- 2015
- Opening
- {{start date and age|2016|4|29|df=y}}
- Official site
- english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q99429586 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Gallos (sculpture) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Gallos?
- Gallos is in South West England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 50.6688°, -4.7637°.
- When was Gallos built?
- Gallos dates to 2015.
- What are the opening hours for Gallos?
- OpenStreetMap records opening hours as: {{start date and age|2016|4|29|df=y}}. Check the official site to confirm seasonal changes.